Line Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Line Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Line Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 117 160
Rank change year-on-year -1 +43 +38
Permanent jobs citing Line Management 2,308 3,172 3,981
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.35% 3.03% 2.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.74% 3.17% 2.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,686 1,527 1,828
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £39,000 £47,500 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,396 £65,600 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.13% +9.33% +6.19%
75th Percentile £73,750 £84,056 £78,072
90th Percentile £105,000 £98,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £60,000 £53,112
% change year-on-year -19.17% +12.97% +6.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Line Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Line Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Line Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Line Management in the UK

Line Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Line Management.

Salary trend for Line Management in the UK

Line Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Line Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Line Management in the UK

Line Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Line Management within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -1 2,029 £54,700 -15.85% 733
UK excluding London -38 1,530 £48,500 -19.17% 574
Work from Home +25 912 £55,659 -18.76% 268
London +77 662 £71,625 -4.50% 214
North of England +23 401 £52,500 -8.30% 139
South East -51 302 £47,500 -32.14% 140
South West -36 241 £49,500 -8.71% 96
Midlands -70 228 £44,094 -22.41% 101
North West +36 205 £55,000 -4.35% 79
East of England +21 188 £43,000 +13.16% 54
West Midlands -67 160 £46,500 -15.45% 67
Yorkshire +12 141 £52,500 -8.70% 49
Scotland -101 116 £50,000 -34.54% 40
East Midlands -7 68 £40,000 -37.25% 34
Wales +45 55 £42,500 -11.46% 22
North East +26 55 £44,094 -17.58% 13
Northern Ireland +26 5 £58,800 +17.60% 7

Line Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 102 (4.42%) SharePoint
2 66 (2.86%) Apache
3 64 (2.77%) Apache Airflow
4 62 (2.69%) Microsoft Exchange
5 33 (1.43%) CMS
6 17 (0.74%) IIS
7 16 (0.69%) Confluence
8 11 (0.48%) Apache Spark
8 11 (0.48%) WordPress
9 8 (0.35%) Drupal
10 7 (0.30%) MS Project Server
11 5 (0.22%) Office Communications Server
12 3 (0.13%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.087%) Umbraco
14 1 (0.043%) JOnAS
14 1 (0.043%) Moodle
14 1 (0.043%) OpenStack
14 1 (0.043%) SAS
14 1 (0.043%) Skype for Business
14 1 (0.043%) Tomcat
Applications
1 149 (6.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 96 (4.16%) Microsoft Office
3 58 (2.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.78%) Photoshop
5 15 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.22%) Simulink
7 4 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.13%) SPSS
9 2 (0.087%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.087%) Adobe Premiere
9 2 (0.087%) FileZilla
9 2 (0.087%) MadCap Flare
9 2 (0.087%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (0.61%) SDL Web 8
2 11 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.26%) Aladdin
4 6 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
4 6 (0.26%) thinkFolio
5 4 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.17%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.17%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.087%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.087%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.087%) Raiser’s Edge
6 2 (0.087%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.087%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.087%) Shopify
6 2 (0.087%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 346 (14.99%) Azure
2 316 (13.69%) AWS
3 243 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
4 177 (7.67%) GCP
5 150 (6.50%) Power Platform
6 101 (4.38%) Azure DevOps
7 78 (3.38%) SaaS
8 75 (3.25%) dbt
9 69 (2.99%) Snowflake
10 49 (2.12%) Entra ID
11 40 (1.73%) PaaS
12 31 (1.34%) AWS CloudFormation
13 29 (1.26%) IaaS
14 25 (1.08%) Power Automate
15 24 (1.04%) PowerApps
16 23 (1.00%) OneDrive
17 21 (0.91%) Cloud Computing
18 20 (0.87%) Google Sheets
18 20 (0.87%) Serverless
18 20 (0.87%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 85 (3.68%) Firewall
2 83 (3.60%) DNS
3 77 (3.34%) DHCP
4 57 (2.47%) TCP/IP
5 48 (2.08%) WAN
6 36 (1.56%) Internet
6 36 (1.56%) Wireless
7 33 (1.43%) LAN
8 32 (1.39%) SAN
9 30 (1.30%) Broadband
9 30 (1.30%) VPN
10 29 (1.26%) HTTP
11 28 (1.21%) Intranet
12 26 (1.13%) Network Security
13 24 (1.04%) SD-WAN
14 19 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
15 16 (0.69%) iSCSI
15 16 (0.69%) VoIP
16 14 (0.61%) Remote Desktop
17 10 (0.43%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (5.50%) Power BI
2 93 (4.03%) Data Warehouse
3 82 (3.55%) SQL Server
4 81 (3.51%) BigQuery
5 77 (3.34%) Looker
6 71 (3.08%) Data Lake
7 64 (2.77%) Amazon Athena
7 64 (2.77%) Apache Arrow
7 64 (2.77%) Apache Ignite
7 64 (2.77%) Dremio
8 46 (1.99%) Relational Database
9 34 (1.47%) GIS
9 34 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
10 27 (1.17%) MongoDB
11 25 (1.08%) Tableau
12 21 (0.91%) Geospatial Data
13 19 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
13 19 (0.82%) NoSQL
14 18 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 16 (0.69%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 83 (3.60%) JIRA
2 68 (2.95%) Git
3 61 (2.64%) Jenkins
4 39 (1.69%) Selenium
5 31 (1.34%) Postman
6 30 (1.30%) Cucumber
7 20 (0.87%) Visual Studio
8 19 (0.82%) Octopus Deploy
8 19 (0.82%) Sourcetree
9 18 (0.78%) GitLab
10 14 (0.61%) git-flow
10 14 (0.61%) Moq
10 14 (0.61%) NUnit
10 14 (0.61%) SpecFlow
10 14 (0.61%) TeamCity
11 12 (0.52%) Cypress.io
11 12 (0.52%) Rational DOORS
12 9 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
13 7 (0.30%) JMeter
13 7 (0.30%) Subversion
General
1 761 (32.97%) Finance
2 760 (32.93%) Social Skills
3 319 (13.82%) Analytical Skills
4 246 (10.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 164 (7.11%) Marketing
6 151 (6.54%) Organisational Skills
7 133 (5.76%) Banking
8 117 (5.07%) Legal
9 116 (5.03%) Retail
10 105 (4.55%) Law
11 95 (4.12%) Public Sector
12 93 (4.03%) Billing
13 78 (3.38%) Front Office
14 76 (3.29%) Manufacturing
15 64 (2.77%) Investment Banking
16 62 (2.69%) Telecoms
17 61 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
18 52 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
19 43 (1.86%) Local Government
20 37 (1.60%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 432 (18.72%) Lead
2 366 (15.86%) Senior
3 160 (6.93%) Developer
4 143 (6.20%) Project Manager
5 140 (6.07%) Team Leader
6 134 (5.81%) IT Manager
7 116 (5.03%) Senior Manager
8 103 (4.46%) Analyst
9 102 (4.42%) Data Manager
10 101 (4.38%) Engineering Manager
11 94 (4.07%) Architect
12 76 (3.29%) Solutions Architect
13 70 (3.03%) Software Engineer
14 69 (2.99%) Service Manager
15 62 (2.69%) Infrastructure Manager
16 58 (2.51%) Lead Developer
17 54 (2.34%) Software Developer
18 52 (2.25%) Delivery Manager
19 51 (2.21%) IT Technician
19 51 (2.21%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (4.29%) HTML
2 75 (3.25%) .NET
3 73 (3.16%) CSS
4 65 (2.82%) NumPy
5 64 (2.77%) gRPC
5 64 (2.77%) Pandas
5 64 (2.77%) Protocol Buffers
5 64 (2.77%) SciPy
6 62 (2.69%) React
7 44 (1.91%) RESTful
8 39 (1.69%) REST
9 35 (1.52%) Kafka
10 34 (1.47%) OpenID
11 33 (1.43%) SAML
12 30 (1.30%) Node.js
13 29 (1.26%) EDI
14 27 (1.17%) XML
15 26 (1.13%) .NET Framework
15 26 (1.13%) AngularJS
15 26 (1.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 205 (8.88%) Management Information System
2 139 (6.02%) Product Ownership
3 122 (5.29%) Self-Motivation
4 71 (3.08%) Hedge funds
5 69 (2.99%) Social Media
6 66 (2.86%) Derivative
7 65 (2.82%) Driving Licence
7 65 (2.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 64 (2.77%) Equities
8 64 (2.77%) Fixed Income
9 50 (2.17%) Data Centre
10 48 (2.08%) Housing Association
11 44 (1.91%) PMI
12 42 (1.82%) Cloud Native
13 39 (1.69%) Cyberattack
14 35 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
15 28 (1.21%) NHS
16 26 (1.13%) Operational Technology
17 22 (0.95%) CCTV
17 22 (0.95%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 213 (9.23%) Windows
2 82 (3.55%) Windows Server
3 76 (3.29%) Linux
4 43 (1.86%) Windows 10
5 36 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
6 33 (1.43%) Windows Server 2019
7 21 (0.91%) Apple iOS
8 16 (0.69%) Android
9 12 (0.52%) Unix
10 10 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.22%) VMS
12 4 (0.17%) DC/OS
13 2 (0.087%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.087%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.087%) Windows 8
14 1 (0.043%) CentOS
14 1 (0.043%) Debian
14 1 (0.043%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.043%) Scientific Linux
14 1 (0.043%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 670 (29.03%) Agile
2 423 (18.33%) Project Management
3 411 (17.81%) Mentoring
4 410 (17.76%) Problem-Solving
5 286 (12.39%) Coaching
6 282 (12.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 266 (11.53%) Customer Service
8 236 (10.23%) DevOps
9 224 (9.71%) Project Delivery
10 223 (9.66%) Roadmaps
11 217 (9.40%) ITIL
12 206 (8.93%) Scrum
13 195 (8.45%) Software Engineering
14 191 (8.28%) Decision-Making
15 187 (8.10%) Stakeholder Management
16 174 (7.54%) CI/CD
17 164 (7.11%) Business Intelligence
18 149 (6.46%) Cybersecurity
19 139 (6.02%) Business Strategy
20 135 (5.85%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 219 (9.49%) SQL
2 180 (7.80%) JavaScript
3 171 (7.41%) Java
4 168 (7.28%) Python
5 108 (4.68%) C#
6 72 (3.12%) TypeScript
7 40 (1.73%) PowerShell
8 33 (1.43%) C
9 28 (1.21%) T-SQL
10 24 (1.04%) R
11 19 (0.82%) Scala
12 18 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 16 (0.69%) PHP
14 15 (0.65%) Kotlin
15 14 (0.61%) XPath
16 11 (0.48%) C++
16 11 (0.48%) Go
17 9 (0.39%) Ruby
18 7 (0.30%) PL/SQL
18 7 (0.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 394 (17.07%) Degree
2 163 (7.06%) Security Cleared
3 140 (6.07%) DBS Check
4 97 (4.20%) SC Cleared
5 62 (2.69%) PMI Certification
6 51 (2.21%) PMP
7 40 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
8 37 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 35 (1.52%) DV Cleared
10 33 (1.43%) AWS Certification
10 33 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
11 30 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
11 30 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
12 29 (1.26%) APMP
12 29 (1.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 28 (1.21%) CAPM
13 28 (1.21%) PgMP
14 27 (1.17%) Azure Certification
15 24 (1.04%) CCNP
16 21 (0.91%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 201 (8.71%) QA
2 83 (3.60%) SLA
3 66 (2.86%) GDPR
4 48 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 47 (2.04%) PMO
6 36 (1.56%) ISO 9001
7 33 (1.43%) Accessibility
8 30 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
9 29 (1.26%) GMP
10 28 (1.21%) Data Quality
11 21 (0.91%) NCSC
12 15 (0.65%) NIST
13 13 (0.56%) GRC
14 12 (0.52%) ISO 14001
15 10 (0.43%) NEBOSH
16 8 (0.35%) COSHH
16 8 (0.35%) Def Stans
17 7 (0.30%) DO-254
17 7 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 17025
17 7 (0.30%) SOC 1
System Software
1 125 (5.42%) Active Directory
2 105 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 59 (2.56%) Hyper-V
4 46 (1.99%) Docker
5 29 (1.26%) Virtual Desktop
6 23 (1.00%) Firmware
7 15 (0.65%) vSphere
8 13 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
9 11 (0.48%) IAG
10 6 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 6 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.17%) pfSense
12 3 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
12 3 (0.13%) XenApp
12 3 (0.13%) XenDesktop
13 2 (0.087%) BitLocker
13 2 (0.087%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.043%) Lustre
14 1 (0.043%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 68 (2.95%) Terraform
2 36 (1.56%) Kubernetes
3 28 (1.21%) Ansible
4 18 (0.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 17 (0.74%) Progress Chef
6 16 (0.69%) SCCM
7 15 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
8 12 (0.52%) Opsgenie
8 12 (0.52%) VxRail
8 12 (0.52%) WSUS
8 12 (0.52%) ZABBIX
9 10 (0.43%) FortiGate
10 9 (0.39%) Failover Clustering
10 9 (0.39%) vCenter Server
11 8 (0.35%) QRadar
12 6 (0.26%) Nagios
13 4 (0.17%) Grafana
13 4 (0.17%) Puppet
14 3 (0.13%) logstash
15 2 (0.087%) cPanel
Vendors
1 445 (19.28%) Microsoft
2 161 (6.98%) Google
3 114 (4.94%) VMware
4 65 (2.82%) Cisco
5 55 (2.38%) SAP
6 43 (1.86%) Salesforce
7 42 (1.82%) Oracle
8 37 (1.60%) Sophos
9 30 (1.30%) Dell
10 27 (1.17%) Adobe
11 24 (1.04%) Veeam
12 22 (0.95%) Citrix
12 22 (0.95%) Fortinet
13 18 (0.78%) NetApp
13 18 (0.78%) SolarWinds
14 17 (0.74%) Apple
15 16 (0.69%) HP
15 16 (0.69%) ServiceNow
16 15 (0.65%) CheckPoint
17 14 (0.61%) Cognizant